Role for a phage promoter in Shiga toxin 2 expression from a pathogenic Escherichia coli strain

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2081-2085

  Wagner, P L ^a   Neely, M N ^a   Zhang, X ^a   Acheson, D W K ^a   Waldor, M K ^a   Friedman, D I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; SHIGA TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN 2;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROPHAGE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0035101012     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.6.2081-2085.2001     Document Type: Article

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